Photo: Elena Al Asmar
Elena El Asmar (1978) was born (and still lives) in Tuscany, Italy, to an Italian mother and a Lebanese father. Her work centres on themes of memory and the “mystery of the everyday,” with much of her inspiration coming from childhood trips back to Lebanon and from the domestic objects that made the same journey.
Recent exhibitions include Galleria Bianconi (Milan, Italy), 2018; Galleria MOO (Prato, Italy), 2016; and SRISA Gallery (Florence, Italy), 2013. El Asmar is among the founders of the artists’ organization Madeinfilandia and the exhibition venue COSMO space (Come Ogni Semplice Movimento Ortogonale, or Like Every Simple Orthogonal Movement).